Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at Westminster Abbey. The King and Queen appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony with their family to watch a scaled-down military flypast. At 12pm (GMT), King Charles III became the oldest person ever to have been crowned monarch in the UK. A little further down the Mall, 21-year-old Cara Rogers was already toasting the King with a plastic cup of vodka and lemonade.

Just days after the Met Gala, King Charles III was dressed to impress during his coronation ceremony and underwent a number of outfit changes throughout the three-hour long event. His wife of 18 years was crowned and officially dropped the ‘consort’ from her title; an occasion that’s been the subject of thousands of “side chick” memes. A woman offers a drink to a card board cut out of King Charles III as people prepped for the big event.Prince Harry was wearing a morning suit in lieu of military uniform or robes and sandwiched between Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, and their spouses. He’s been at the forefront of so many important environmental issues for such a long time, and I think the world is catching up to him in that regard,” she said.

Laura, who was sporting a Union Jack bucket hat and a fresh royal blue manicure, said King Charles is “underrated”. The King then vowed to preserve the Protestant religion in the UK and to maintain the rights of the Church of England. All Black captain Richie McCaw made an appearance alongside Lionel Richie and Jill Biden, while Boris Johnson and the UK’s shortest-serving prime minister - Liz Truss - had also scored invites.For the service itself, Charles donned the Stole Royal, a garment made of gold cloth newly created and embroidered by the Royal School of needlework. Katy Perry, who is due to perform at the King’s Coronation Concert on Sunday, appeared to have trouble spotting her seat from under a giant lavender fascinator.

As he left the Abbey King Charles made his final wardrobe switch - into the Robe of Estate and a coronation tunic in the deep royal purple. The newly crowned King and Queen wave to cheering crowds as they make their way back to Buckingham Palace in the majestic Gold State Coach. A year ago we may have thought furry bucket hats were all kinds of ugly but, in the same way Ugg boots have become the norm again, these now have too. The King and Queen were accompanied by members of the Royal Family as they appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the flypast and the conclusion of the day’s ceremonial events.For those of you that haven’t burnt the midnight oil to watch history in action, we’ve rounded up the highlights of the day. Having flown all the way from Boston, Massachusetts, Laura Richardson, her husband Peter and their daughter Kate were thrilled to have nabbed front-row seats on the Mall. The 2300 guests invited to Westminster Abbey were given strict instructions to begin arriving for the event at 7.